An Islamic emirate is a form of government in the Islamic world in which an emirate is also an Islamic state governed by Sharia, often with theocratic elements.
States and groups called Islamic emirates:
- Afghanistan, currently an Islamic emirate
- Taliban, the jihadist group which established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- Government of Afghanistan, frequently referred to as "the Islamic Emirate"
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001), The first Taliban government
- Islamic Emirate of Badakhshan
- Islamic Emirate of Byara
- Islamic Emirate of Rafah
- Islamic Emirate of Kunar
- Caucasus Emirate
- Islamic Emirate of Yemen
- Al-Shabaab, A jihadist group that sometimes refers to itself as the Islamic Emirate of Somalia.
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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